Day 4. No binging with food.
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Day 922 : No binge today. 
Day 258 : No coffee today.
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Congratulations and keep up the good work! Iām on my third day of not overeating. Iāve always turned to food for comfort, so this is big progress for me. We got this!
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Day 5 of no binging of food but I feel hungry and anxious
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Would you like to share whatās on your mind? We will try our best to help. 
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Day 923 : No binge today.
Day 259 : No coffee today.
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@Aleyadaisey 6 days of not binging.
My mind is wandering about the things I have to do and how much I am procrastinating and I try to fill this void with food at the end of the day. I imagine myself eating fast food
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Day 924 : No binge today.
Day 260 : No coffee today.
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Thank you for sharing. I can totally relate to the procrastinating part, it makes me feel useless if I am not doing something. Then things pile up and I feel like I will never finish. Unfortunately I donāt have any advice. But sending you strength. Hopefully other people on this thread can chime in.
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For procrastinating I make a list. Of everything.
Needs. Wants. Whatever needs to be done.
Then I look at my list and star things that are most important, and if itās something I really just donāt want to do, Iāll pick something I want to be a reward for doing the needed task.
For example, If I do a chore i am not a fan of (like folding the clothes 
) I can grab a treat when I grocery shop. like the fancy salad mix or a pack of gluten free muffins 
Sorry for the food related exampleā¦ I most of the time reward myself with a few minutes of silence or a nap. Because that is what I want most these days but that doesnāt sound like much āfunā
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After some time Iām again writting here. I lately have one issue and will share it here because itās somehow connected to binge.
Welp, Iām lately a lot avoiding food and I eat only snacks. Iām worried I will soon or later binge. Does anyone have any tips how to not binge if it will come?
Iām as well avoiding food possibly because of negative emotions I have lately.
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Hey Aleya, first of all congratulations on your progress! I read this thread quite often, and I admire your progress! I will start checking in on this thread regularly, because my ED has been an issue for the past 25 years (binging / bulimia). Yesterday I reset my counter for alcohol, and I kind of ācame cleanā on the checkin thread about that. I had become to live a lie again, and I have lifted such a weight from my shoulders. The only thing is, every time I manage to get some sober time together (I did 7 months and 4 months in the past 18 months) my eating gets out of hand. It seems that I always need something to decompressā¦ 3 months ago I started a weight loss journey, and I was doing fine (eating round 1500 -1600 kcal per day of healthy food and at least one hour of exercise per day). Iāve lost 7 KG so far (still 20 more need to goā¦ 
- which is all the weight I gained in 3 years from my excessive drinking). I am determined to quit the drinking, today Iām on day 2 free of booze and binging. But I need some extra tools to get my ED under control. I did tell my therapist about it, but clearly he is not an expert on this subject, so that wasnāt too much of a help. Iām currently reading a book on the subject (from Lindsey Hall and Leigh Cohn) and I want to check in here daily.
It took me a lot to actually write on this thread, so thatās another weight lifted from my shoulders! Feeling better already! Thanks for reading! 
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Checking in on day 2
No binge, no booze, no cigarettes!
I made some pasta for dinner, which was delicious and I ate with no regret!
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Thank you for sharing your story and thank you for congratulating me. I hope you can get support from other people here as well since you struggle with alcohol too. Youāre not alone, you got this. I hope to see you check in often so we can see you progress too.
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Day 925 : No binge today.
Day 261 : No coffee today.
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Hi Aleya, thanks for the feedback. Today has been tricky. Alcohol didnāt really cross my mind. But I couldnāt stop thinking about food. I finally managed to distract myself, but in general that stressed me out, or caused me anxiety half of my day! 
I finally had a chicken salad for dinner! Anywayā¦ day 3 OTB, even though the day has been stressful at some point.
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@Aleyadaisey and @Scorpn thank you so much for your words. Today I am back to day 0 after binging with sweets and fast food in the night 
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Iām back to square one as well, but itās okay. Weāve got this. We just have to take things one step at a time.
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I had to start fresh for the second time for my overeating. Iāve turned to food for comfort for most of my life and it will always be the biggest challenge for me. I refuse to beat myself up and Iām going to take this one step at a time.
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